Alma, Mich.- The Concordia Chicago (CUC) Cougar women's volleyball team traveled to Alma College, for the Alma College Invitational for day one and faced Calvin University. With the Cougars falling short in all three sets, Calvin took the lead 3-0 to end the sets. CUC will continue facing off two more teams on day two, Anderson University and Alma College. 

Inside the Box: 

• Indiah Day (Merrillville, Ind.) led the Cougars offense with 6 kills, and Lili Hunt (Greenfield, Ind,)  followed closely with five of her own and led with two service aces on the board. Both Day and Hunt, were top scorers accumulating a combined score of points of 13.5 (Day with 6.5 and Hunt with 7). 
• Both Bethany Roethel (Westby, Wis.) and Malainna Adler (Fenton, Mo.) led in digs, with a tie of 5. Adler was able to lead with 10 assists as well. 

What Happened

Set One 

The Calvin squad team took the lead first with being first on the board but followed by a bad set, the Cougars were quick to tie up the game with a point on the board. Both teams would go on a run exchanging point for point consisting a kill Day, but after Calvin took lead and scored four-consecutive points, the Cougars were able to step it up and score three points afterwards. The Cougars called their first timeout of the set where the score was 11-15, with Calvin leading the set. With taking the timeout, hoping to take advantage and tie up the game, Calvin was able to gain back to back points and gain a 11-17 lead. The Cougars were able to add a couple points on the board but were forced to take a timeout by Calvin leading by 6 points, 14-20.  The Cougars were able to pick up two kills by Quevedo and Cooper, but the Calvin lead would be too far to comeback as they finished off the set with three kills and service an ace. This allows Calvin to take set one 25-16. After one set of play, Calvin leads 1-0. 

Set Two

With two straight service aces by Hunt, the Cougars were on the board, 2-0. Followed by Calvin, feeling the heat and consecutively hitting 6 straight service aces, making their presence known on the scoring board 2-6. With both teams battling it out on the court, the Cougars take their second timeout, hoping to regroup and take the lead on the set. Trying to work off the momentum by Hunt's kill and opponents attack error, Calvin continues their hustle and puts 7 points on the board with 2 kills, 2 bad sets, 2 service aces and one attack error, increasing the lead 18-7. With the score on Calvin's side, Day tried to continue putting points on the board with kills, the lead being too far the Cougars fell short in set 2, 25-11. Calvin increased their lead 2-0. 

Set Three

The team exchanged point for point early in set 3 until Calvin created a lead 14-6. With Calvin leading, the Cougars followed with three back to back points, a kill by both Hunt and Day with a solid block from Harmoniee Cooper (Chicago, III.)  and Day, forcing an attack error, bumping the score 9-14. Calvin would find they would be able to continue scoring points and take the lead 21-15. With keeping the Cougars at a large deficit to comeback from, the Cougars took set 3 25-17. Calvin was able to take all three sets, winning the game 3-0 in the Alma Invite. 

What's Next 

The Cougars will continue their run in the Alma College Invitational where their next two games will be played tomorrow on Saturday, September 27th, against both Anderson University and Alma College.  Coverage for all things CUC women's volleyball can be found at cucougars.com/coverage.